Sixty years ago, Saunders Lewis delivered his historic “Tynged yr Iaith” (“Fate of the Language”) radio lecture.
In this prophetic speech, Lewis warned of the imminent death of the Welsh language if existing trends continued.
Six months later, in direct response to Lewis’ apocalyptic words, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society) was founded. Cymdeithas has been instrumental in the survival and the rejuvenation of Welsh – against all odds, let’s be honest – championing, articulating, campaigning, agitating, often all at the same time.
